Cuyahoga Falls vs Hudson

A side-by-side comparison of Cuyahoga Falls and Hudson: population, income, housing, and more.

Cuyahoga Falls and Hudson are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cuyahoga Falls has the higher population (50,864 vs 23,007 in Hudson). Hudson has the higher median household income ($180,931 vs $70,645 in Cuyahoga Falls). Hudson has the higher median home value ($444,800 vs $174,700 in Cuyahoga Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Cuyahoga Falls	Hudson
Population	50,864	23,007
Median age	38.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,645	$180,931
Median home value	$174,700	$444,800
Median gross rent	$1,029	$2,219
Housing units	24,678	8,157
Homeownership rate	63.7%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	75.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuyahoga Falls	Hudson
Population	49,192 → 50,864 (+3.4%)	22,263 → 23,007 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$57,101 → $70,645 (+23.7%)	$134,963 → $180,931 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$127,600 → $174,700 (+36.9%)	$345,500 → $444,800 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,029 (+22.5%)	$1,769 → $2,219 (+25.4%)

Cuyahoga Falls

Population

49,19250,864

Median household income

$57,101$70,645

Median home value

$127,600$174,700

Median gross rent

$840$1,029

Hudson

Population

22,26323,007

Median household income

$134,963$180,931

Median home value

$345,500$444,800

Median gross rent

$1,769$2,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cuyahoga Falls	Hudson
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.2%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.5%
25 to 34	19.2%	6.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.2%
75 and over	6.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuyahoga Falls	Hudson
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	88.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuyahoga Falls	Hudson
No high school diploma	5.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	27.9%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	41.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuyahoga Falls	Hudson
Drove alone	79.7%	70.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.5%	25.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuyahoga Falls	Hudson
1-unit, detached	64.5%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	1.0%
20 or more units	11.3%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cuyahoga Falls	Hudson
Poverty rate	9.8%	3.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1959	1982